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Company Pays $158,760 to Resolve Claims Related to Controlled Substance Thefts From Pharmacies During Inventory

ALBANY, NEW YORK – RGIS LLC (RGIS) and its affiliated company, Retail Services WIS Corporation (WIS), agreed to pay $158,760 to resolve allegations that they caused violations of the Controlled Substances Act. RGIS and WIS employees were implicated in the theft of controlled substances from pharmacies in upstate New York...
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced this week the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States. “Fentanyl is responsible for killing thousands of people in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV)...
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States. As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more than...
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Nurse Sentenced To Prison For Tampering With Fentanyl Vials

MADISON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRYAN WILSON, 40, of Madison, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tampering with fentanyl vials...
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Dedham Veterinarian Agrees To Pay $15,000 Settlement To Resolve Allegations Of Inadequate Recordkeeping Of Controlled Substances

BOSTON – A Dedham veterinarian has agreed to resolve allegations that he maintained inadequate records of controlled substances, improperly stored controlled substances at his office and residence, ordered controlled substances without a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration, and failed to report he was on probation on his DEA registration forms...
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Former Dentist Charged Federally with Illegally Distributing Prescription Opiates

SEATTLE – A former dentist who practiced in Renton until his license was indefinitely suspended by the Washington State Dental Commission, was indicted federally for four counts of distributing a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Luke Edward St. Marie, 34, appeared in federal court today and entered pleas...
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Woodstock Dentist Sentenced to Probation and Pays $100,000 Civil Penalty for Fraudulently Acquiring Oxycodone

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Vivian Letizia, age 64, of Woodstock, New York, was sentenced today to one year of probation for acquiring and obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception or subterfuge. Letizia was also ordered to undergo drug treatment and pay a $5,000 fine. Letizia has also paid...
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DEA Omaha Division Stands with Law Enforcement Partners in Effort to Reduce Violent Crime in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS – Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Justin C. King joined U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew Luger and leadership from other state, local and federal law enforcement agencies to provide an update on the Federal Violent Crime Strategy that was announced in...
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Nurse Arrested for Diversion of Controlled Substances

BRADFORD, Vt. - Amy J. Vickers, 44, of Bradford, Vermont was arrested today on a complaint charging her with obtaining controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced. According to the complaint, on June 17, 2022, Vickers was working as a nurse at...
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New Jersey Pharmacy Admits Illegal Distribution of Prescription Opioids and Kickback Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – Susan A. Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations-New Jersey Field Office, Patrick J. Hegarty, Defense Criminal Investigative...

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